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Elizabethan england

Elizabethan england. ACS Cobham Middle School Library. The middle ages. A very specific hierarchy of people existed in society. ( You could not move between social classes .) This was connected to land ownership.

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Elizabethan england

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  1. Elizabethan england ACS Cobham Middle School Library

  2. The middle ages • A very specific hierarchy of people existed in society. • (You could not move between social classes.) • This was connected to land ownership. “Status went hand in hand with political influence, social privilege, and cultural prestige.” (Singman, Daily Life in Elizabethan England, 1995, p. 10)

  3. Queen Elizabeth I (“Gloriana”) • A time of Renaissance in England. • Many contrast. • Named after Queen Elizabeth I. “[The Queen] was striking rather than beautiful, with red-gold hair, pale complexion and a curved nose. She had her mother’s oval face and dark eyes and, as with her father, her looks faded early. She did not become bloated like him, but thin; her cheeks fell in, making her nose more prominent, and her teeth became black through eating too many sweet things. At 30, she caught smallpox and probably lost her hair, for thereafter she always wore a bright red wig.”

  4. Classes • Monarchy—A Divine Right • Nobleman/Gentleman—Did not necessarily need an income to live. Military. Professionals. Could be born outside.) • Citizens/Yeomen—Middle Class. Tradesmen, Craftsmen, Farmers (in country) • Servants/Labourers—Unskilled workers. • Poor/Homeless/Beggars/Disabled.

  5. Role of women • Women had no social standing AT ALL! • Got social status from their fathers or husbands if they were married. • Managing the home and family was the ONLY role.

  6. Marriage • Women were required to marry. “Let wives be subject to their husbands.” • Single women were regarded suspiciously and could be accused of being witches. • Girls only had to be 12 years old to get married. Boys, 14. • People didn’t marry for love. Examples of Elizabethan wedding rings http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34845/34845-h/34845-h.htm

  7. CLOTHING • Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws • Used to control behaviour in society and to ensure that the class system was maintained. These were very well known by EVERYONE! • Penalties for breaking the laws were harsh and included: fines, loss of property, loss of title and even DEATH! 

  8. FAshion • Huge collars (or “ruffs”) • Long capes • Hoopskirts • Very pale (white) skin • “Peascod [stuffed] belly” • Men’s tights • Trunk hose (padded shorts for men) QUICK FACT… Favouritecolours were…pease porridge, horseflesh, puke brown AND GOOSE-TURD GREEN!! Stewart, Gail B. Life in Elizabethan London. London: Lucent, 2003.

  9. FOOD • There were three main food groups: meat, bread & BEER!  • Water was often undrinkable. • Fish was commonly eaten. • Potatoes became popular and people began eating vegetables (“herbs”). • Jams and jellies were very popular. Elizabethan Beer Tankard Reproduction FACT: Kitchens would get so hot that the chefs worked NAKED!

  10. Entertainment • GOING TO THE THEATRE!! People from every social caste went to the theatre regularly. • Music—almost every home had at least one instrument (usually stringed). Singing after dinner was also quite commonplace. • Dancing • Blood sports—Bears & Dog fighting • Rough sports—Wrestling & FOOTIE (“a bloody & murdering practice”

  11. SUPERSTITIONS & WITCHCRAFT • Charms to ward off evil spirits (horseshoe over door). • Astrology (cycles of planets & stars). • Fairies, ghosts, witches. Painting of Romeo & Juliet from the Royal Shakespeare Company Collection http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/romeo-and-juliet-act-ii-scene-4-romeo-and-juliet-with-fria54889 Despair and die. Despair and die” Chant, Richard III, Shakespeare

  12. sources • Stewart, Gail B. Life in Elizabethan London. London: Lucent, 2003. • Unstead, R.J. Living in the Elizabethan Court. London: A & C Black, 1974. • http://elizabethan.org/sumptuary/who-wears-what.html Accessed31 Jan 2014. • Papp, Joseph, and Elizabeth Kirkland. "Superstition, Folklore, and Astrology in Shakespeare's Time." EXPLORING Shakespeare. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resources in Context. Web. 31 Jan. 2014.

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